Hainan-1 to 4 & others

Long March 8, flying in a new core-only (no side booster) configuration, launched a domestic-record 22 satellites from Wenchang in a single mission, including Jilin-1 imaging satellites, the Chaohu-1 radar satellite and the Tianqi-19 IoT relay satellite.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1.8 T

Flight

1st

Only Long March 8 (Core Only) flight

Date and time

27 February 2022, 03:06 UTC

Rocket

Long March 8 (Core Only)

Builder

CASC

Launch site

201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2022-019

Launches in 2022

20th of 186

See it in orbit

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